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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Yolland say he hears coming from Maire's house every night?

2. What is the one word that Jimmy knows in English?

3. What is the foreboding sweet smell an indication of in Act 1?

4. What is Maire's last name?

5. What language will the new national schools teach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who in literature is Jimmy obsessed with? Who does he associate this person with in real life?

2. What good news does Manus share when he returns in Act 2? What happens immediately following this with Maire?

3. Who are Jimmy and Hugh? What are their characteristics?

4. Describe the character of Yolland. What are his feelings of Baile Beag?

5. How does Yolland feel about his alienation in Ireland? How does Owen placate this?

6. What happens in Act 2 that leads up to Yolland realizing Owen's real name?

7. What does Sarah give to Manus in Act 1? What is his reaction?

8. Describe the characteristics of Lancey in the play. What are his objectives?

9. What does Yolland admire about Hugh regarding the naming process? What is Owen's reaction?

10. Discuss Sarah's relationship to the theme of language in the play.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Manus and Owen. How are these brothers different? How are they similar?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jimmy and Friel's use of literary allusion in Translations. What is the importance of the texts which Jimmy quotes from?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Friel's use of metaphor in the play. What is a metaphor? What is an extended metaphor? What extended metaphor applies to Translations?

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